Laccophilus tobaensis Brancucci, 1983

Hájek, Jiří & Brancucci, Michel, 2015, A taxonomic review of the Oriental Laccophilus javanicus species group (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 63, pp. 309-326 : 324

Laccophilus tobaensis Brancucci, 1983

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Laccophilus tobaensis Brancucci, 1983: 255 (original description).

Type locality. Indonesia, Nord Sumatra, Samosir, Toba-See .

Material examined. 1 specimen. INDONESIA: Sumatra : 1 male, NW Sipirok, Hutaimbaru, 4 February 1991, coll. M.A. Jäch ( NHMW) .

Diagnosis. Medium sized, broadly oval species (body length 4.4–4.5 mm). Elytra with subbasal testaceous band divided longitudinally into separate spots ( Fig. 15 ). Apical part of median lobe rather short, almost subparallel; in lateral view with dorsal side only very slightly curved ( Fig. 33 ).

Distribution. The species was described and is so far known only from northern Sumatra ( Brancucci, 1983) ( Fig. 41 ).

Figures

Figs. 10–17. Habitus of Laccophilus: 10, L. mahakamensis; 11, L. mazzoldii, new species; 12, L. nusatenggaraensis, new species; 13, L. schillhammeri, new species; 14, L. stastnyi, new species; 15, L. tobaensis; 16, L. tonkinensis; 17, L. wittmeri. Scale bar = 1 mm.

Figs. 18–35. Median lobe in lateral view: 18, Laccophilus aurofasciatus; 19, L. auropictus; 20, L. ceylonicus; 21, L. elegans; 22, L. girardi; 23, L. hendrichi, new species; 24, L. jaechi, new species; 25, L. javanicus; 26, L. kalimantanensis, new species; 27, L. komareki, new species. 28, L. mahakamensis; 29, L. mazzoldii, new species; 30, L. nusatenggaraensis, new species; 31, L. schillhammeri, new species; 32, L. stastnyi, new species; 33, L. tobaensis; 34, L. tonkinensis; 35, L. wittmeri. Scale bar = 0.5 mm.

Figs. 40–41. Distribution of the species of the Laccophilus javanicus group